Officer Jason Rains was driving along Blue River Road at the 87th Street intersection when he saw a small deer run onto the bridge. Rains said he followed the deer to make sure that no one hit her.

The deer started to slide on the wet pavement and got spooked by the passing traffic. Rains said the deer tried to jump over the concrete barrier on the bridge, but would have fallen 100 feet into the Blue River.

NOW,15 FLAVORS OF THE CHOBANI YOGURT HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM STORE SHELVES. NOW A STORY OF AN UNUSUAL RESCUE. THE VICTIM TRAPPED ON A BRIDGE AFTER A DRIVING THUNDERSTORM--- TOO SCARED TO THINK STRAIGHT. KMBC9'S MARTIN AUGUSTINE LIVE WITH THIS STORY TONIGHT. MARTIN-- WE OFTEN HEAR OF HOW A POLICE OFFICER NEVER KNOWS WHAT HE OR SHE WILL EXPERIENCE ON ANY GIVEN DAY. THE REMARKABLE VIDEO YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE OF WHAT TWO KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, POLICE OFFICERS WENT THROUGH OUT HERE AT 87TH STREET AND BLUE RIVER OFFICERS WENT THROUGH OUT HERE AT 87TH STREET AND BLUE RIVER ROAD---IS FURTHER PROOF OF THAT. OFFICER JASON RAINS SAW THIS DEER---PANICKY---UNAB L E TO STAY ON IT'S FEET---DURING A THUNDERSTORM SUNDAY MORNING. THE DEER SO SCARED---AT THIS POINT, IT APPEARS TO COLLAPSE---AS IF IT'S BROKEN IT'S LEG. "WHEN I GOT THERE, ACTUALLY, HER WHOLE BODY WAS SHAKING..." WHEN SERGEANT STEVEN SANDUSKY ARRIVED, HE AND OFFICER RAINS THOUGHT THEY MIGHT HAVE TO PUT THE DEER DOWN---BUT IT'S LEG WAS JUST STUCK IN A DRAINAGE HOLE---THEY GOT IT FREE---AND IF YOU LOOK CLOSE YOU CAN SEE IT DID NOT RUN OFF---IT WAS EXHAUSTED--- "SHE HAD NOTHING LEFT. SHE GO.' AND I JUST WALKED HER LIKE I WOULD MY DOG." DID HE EVER!. ON THE LEFT YOU SEE OFFICER RAINS, WHO'D RETRIEVED A ROPE---BUT IT WASN'T NEEDED. BECAUSE IF YOU WATCH SERGEANT SANDUSKY. HE'S USING HIS POLICE BATON---GENTLY NUDGING ALONG THE DEER. "SHE WANTED TO STAY RIGHT WITH ME. SO I WOULD GUIDE HER IF SHE WOULD GO OUT. IF SHE'D GET TOO CLOSE I'D PUSH HER AWAY. IF SHE'D GET TOO FAR I'D REEL HER BACK IN." AND SHE WALKED VERY SLOWLY, VERY CALMLY. WE WENT PAST THE POLICE CAR AND PROBABLY ANOTHER 20 YARDS AND THERE WAS A GRASSY FIELD. SO I JUST TOLD HER TO GO." AND SHE DID---THAT GRASSY FIELD? IT'S WHERE THE FIREFIGHTERS MEMORIAL IS---THE DEER COLLAPSING FROM EXHAUSTION IN FRONT OF IT. CHECKING AN HOUR EXPERIENCE---NOTHING LIKE IT'S EVER HAPPENED TO HIM IN HIS CAREER---CAME LOADEED WITH AN EMOTIONAL PUNCH. "OH, THAT WAS INTENSE. THAT WAS WONDERFUL. THAT WAS A GREAT FEELING. I GOT TO HELP HER." HAD THAT DEER JUMPED OFF OF THE BRIDGE, IT WOULD HAVE FALLEN A GREAT DISTANCE DOWN TO THE BLUE RIVER. REPORTING LIVE, MARTIN